Protection symbols used in circuit diagrams

-,' ..... , Fuse Co n t r o l o r s e l e c t or swi t ch

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- t W i O- Link - readily separabl e T N C Not e: t he position of t he
I I I rect angl e represents t he
cont act - O I lIT]O-- position in which t he
I I I ci rcui t is compl et ed
Link - bol t ed cont act s - O[ ] ] 1 I O- bet ween t he associated
t ermi nal s
- O ~ ~ Link - hi nged or sliding
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- plug-in type [~] Circuit br eaker Link
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' - " >-- Plug and socket
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Auxi l i a r y swi t ch o r r e l a y ~ Circuit br eaker normal l y
c o n t a c t s " [ " open
-~_ O- Make cont act
Break cont act ,~ Wi t hdrawabl e metal-clad
"qD_..A O-- Make cont act with del ayed ~ circuit br eaker
make
Break cont act with del ayed ~ /
Switch di sconnect or
break
I
Changeover cont act ]
P u s h b u t t o n s wi t ches J Cent r e rot at i ng post
di sconnect or
O . O Make cont act I
. . . a t . ,
Break cont act
Te l e p h o n e t ype rel ay
cont act s
Make cont act uni t
j .
Break cont act uni t
Changeover (break before
make) cont act uni t
Changeover switch break
bef or e make
Make cont act or
Mechanical coupl i ng
~ # ~ _ ~ Example - doubl e pole cont act or
Indirectly-heated bimetallic
thermal el ement
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Oper at i ng coil for
cont act ors and relays
- general
Coil with flag indicator
Series coil
Machi ne wi ndi ngs
General and shunt
..../'W"V'X._ Series
AC gener at or
Mot or
C o r e ( / . / ' d e s i r e d to indicate)
_t - v' v' v- x_ Transformer or react or
winding
Protection symbols used in circuit diagram,
I Single-break di sconnect or
or eart h switch
I Additions to symbol for
, power-operat ed
di sconnect or:
NA - Non-Automatic
N~A A - Automatic
I
' ~ ] Fault throwing switch
Summat i on cur r ent
t ransformer
P o we r a nd vol t age
t r ans f or me r s
Two winding
Simplified form
3 Aut o-t ransformer
Simplified form - with delta
tertiary
Transduct or
) c Spark gap
- ~ gas d~scharge Protective
t ube
l Capaci t or
T
Power system protection
Current transformer
Current transformer with
tapping
~ ~ Interposing transformer
current or voltage
Fixed resistor
- ~ Variable resistor
Resistor, with non-linear
current/voltage
characteristic
Impedance
Impedance, with non-linear
current/voltage
characteristic
Earthing r e s i s t o r s
h
~. j Dry type
Liquid type
Arc suppression coil
] Earth
m
- - ~ Rectifier

cF_r_q~ri_~i-coupling equipment
Line I
' z To carrier equipment
Fault
t ~ pn diode or semiconductor
~ _ _ ~ rectifying diode
Zener diode
Thyristor
@ pnp transistor
npn transistor
t Envelopes may be omitted
Thermionic valve, triode,
indirectly heated
( ~ Cold cathode discharge
tube (e.g., neon lamp)
- ~ Cold cathode trigger tube
O Coaxial line
I'~ ~ Cable sealing ends
t J "-q
+
->-

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Rectifier equipment in
bridge connection
Amplifier
Buchholz - single float
Buchholz - two float
Winding temperature
single switch
Winding temperature
double switch
High speed ammeter
Alarm flag relay
Trip flag relay
Relay - general symbol
Feeder protection
Power line carrier phase
comparison protection
Distance protection
High speed distance (Mho)
protection
Electric bell
Signal lamp
Protecthgn
G
symbols used in circuit diagrams
Electromotive force (emf)
Private pilot protection
Post Office pilot protection
Transformer protection
Biased differential
protection
Plain balance differential
protection
Transformer HV
connection protection
Circulating current
Busbar protection
Mesh corner protection
High speed auto-close relay
Overvoltage relay
High speed distance
(reactance) protection
(inverse definite minimum
time)
Three-pole overcurrent
re!a.y (inverse definite
minimum time
Two-pole overcurrent and
single pole earth fault
re!ay.se (inverse definite
minimum time)
Powersystemprotection
m
One-pole overcurrent relay
(inverse definite minimum
time)
Earth-fault relay (inverse
definite minimum time)
Three-pole two stage
overcurrent relay (inverse
definite minimum time)
Three-pole directional
overcurrent relay (inverse
definite minimum time)
Three-pole overcurrent
relay (instantaneous)
Three-pole overcurrent
relay (extremely inverse
definite minimum time)
Earth-fault relay
(instantaneous)
Three-pole high set
overcurrent relay
Standby earth-fault relay
(long time inverse definite
minimum time)
Two-stage standby
earth-fault relay (long time
inverse definite minimum
time)
Reverse power relay
Restricted earth-fault relay
7q
Tripping relay
Intertrip relay
Intertrip relay (send)
Intertrip relay (receive)
Definite time relay
Negative phase sequence
Lost excitation
Three-pole
voltage-controlled
overcurrent relay (inverse
definite minimum time)
Three-pole overcurrent
interlocked relay (inverse
definite minimum time)
Breaker fail current check
LV connection protection